Ideas
The Key to Government’s Digital Transformation is Data Literacy
Without data literacy, the prospect of quickly meeting the administration’s data and IT modernization goals is simply not feasible.
Cybersecurity
The Future Airman is a Hacker
Air Force recruiters will prize computer skills more highly, while the service will encourage airmen to experiment with their own solutions
Digital Government
Get Ready for a Massive Government Spending Spree
A combination of factors will see federal agencies trying to spend as much as 40 percent of their budgets in the final two months of the fiscal year.
Ideas
Identifying the Cyberattack Patterns and Doing the Easy Stuff
The math favors the attackers. There is little you can do about the attacker, but there is a lot you can do about you.
Digital Government
How to Be Assertive—Even When You’re Constantly Talked Over
Here are techniques for speaking up, pushing back, and getting your voice heard more often.
Modernization
How A Human Resources System Could Revolutionize the Army
Army program managers took a mandate to upgrade the service’s payment systems and turned it into a way to unearth soldiers’ hidden talents.
Digital Government
Senate Approves Spending Package with Pay Raise, Setting Up Fight With House
Trump told Rush Limbaugh on Wednesday a government shutdown would be "a great campaign issue," further complicating the prospects for a spending bill.
Ideas
Here's a Non-Binary Approach to Smarter Cybersecurity
Moving beyond an "allow or deny" choice could reduce friction between agency security pros and their end users.
Digital Government
If You Were Fired, Don’t Lie About It In a Job Interview. Do This Instead
Explaining a suspicious departure can be difficult.
Digital Government
Even Tech Workers Think They’re Underpaid
This is in an industry where interns can make over $50 an hour.
Digital Government
House Democrats Introduce Legislation to Protect Telework at Agencies
Bill would prohibit policies to reduce telework like those announced for Education and Agriculture departments.
Digital Government
How Glaxo’s New Chief Science Officer Runs Meetings to Get Results
Make sure every meeting has a decider.
Modernization
White House Seeks Input on Reskilling Feds and Upgrading Agency Services
As part of its government reorganization, the administration wants advice on how to establish the tech-focused GEAR Center.
Digital Government
Are Universities Training Socially Minded Programmers?
Four Stanford engineers started a club for students interested in using their skills for social-good. But then came job-recruiting season.
Digital Government
How to Read More Effectively
Picking the right strategy and the right book is important.
Digital Government
Even With Similar Qualifications, Women Spend Time on Tasks That Lead to Lower Pay Than Men
It is critical to get the right experience early in your career.
Digital Government
Acquisition Professionals Place Little Importance on Innovation, Survey Finds
Respondents found some recurring challenges were offset by an improvement in acquisition talent.
Digital Government